http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:10:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is reported in the media that Britain's waterways could be about to witness a major revival – one, interestingly enough, in line with British nationalist proposals first “floated” at least two decades ago. The combination of lengthening traffic jams, rising fuel prices and pollution reduction pressures are awakening interest ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=665 Council orders pensioners to clean up graffiti or face £1,000 fines So says an article in today's 'Telegraph' newspaper.   This really is local authority officialdom gone mad.  Let's hope common sense prevails.  Or that some good Samaritans get together and deal with the problem gratis!  Britain's pensioners should not be ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=662 MP's calling for us, the British people, to be 'given rights' should make us very suspicious, very suspicious indeed. For a start no Briton needs to be 'protected' by some sort of new 'UK Human Rights Law'. Each and every one of us already have all the human rights ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=656 http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=647 Land & People activist, Barry Bennett, provides us with the results of a midnight’s “amphibian safari” conducted in the depths of a Dorset garden. Barry writes: Amongst the plants found in a leafy suburban garden in Bournemouth, a watchful pair of eyes is seen glaring hungrily at slugs and snails. The ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=628 Land & People has pointed out, on a number of occasions over the last few years, how some in farming - the “big boys” as we call them - have been doing rather nicely out of the sequence of crises to hit the industry. This has manifested itself in larger ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=564 Yet another warning of the looming energy crisis (this time from the Sunday Telegraph) that we are all going to have to cope with. And all because of the inertia of the Westminster politicians - who have been too busy selling our birthright to either notice or care. On this ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=559 When well-meaning people introduced the American grey squirrel into Britain in the 19th century they could hardly have foreseen the disasterous impact it would have on our native red. Today, of course, the native red has been driven to the very fringes of Britain, although - with a little help ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=553 Our very existence, as a free people within an independent sovereign nation, is under dire threat – as is our environment – a treasure house of precious fauna and flora. For the first time in our history we face grave danger emanating from both within and without this realm. In Britain ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=537 An iinvestigation conducted by the Taxpayers' Alliance shows the economic performance of the areas Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) work in has failed to improve and in some cases even slowed down, despite spending over £15 billion on the scheme. "RDAs have failed in their core mission to narrow the gap between ... http://www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/?p=522